In this episode of the Leadership Quotient Podcast, Dan Cremons, Founder of Accelera Partners and the Ascend PE Executive Accelerator, shares why the future of leadership in private equity depends less on experience and more on attributes. Drawing from his work developing operating executives and PE-backed leaders, Dan unpacks the three qualities that predict sustained success—EQ (emotional intelligence), AQ (adversity quotient), and GM (growth mindset)—and how firms can operationalize them a...
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In this episode of the Leadership Quotient Podcast, Dan Cremons, Founder of Accelera Partners and the Ascend PE Executive Accelerator, shares why the future of leadership in private equity depends less on experience and more on attributes. Drawing from his work developing operating executives and PE-backed leaders, Dan unpacks the three qualities that predict sustained success—EQ (emotional intelligence), AQ (adversity quotient), and GM (growth mindset)—and how firms can operationalize them a...
Context Over Credentials: Building Leadership That Delivers in Private Equity
Leadership Quotient
39 minutes
1 month ago
Context Over Credentials: Building Leadership That Delivers in Private Equity
In this episode of the Leadership Quotient Podcast, Keith Giarman, President of the Private Equity & Principal Investing Practice at DHR Global, shares how a context-first approach to talent selection drives value creation. Drawing on his experience as a CEO and executive recruiter, Keith explains why domain expertise alone can derail a hire, how psychometrics and critical-thinking assessments inform better decisions, and the two traits he screens for above all: courage and energy. He als...
Leadership Quotient
In this episode of the Leadership Quotient Podcast, Dan Cremons, Founder of Accelera Partners and the Ascend PE Executive Accelerator, shares why the future of leadership in private equity depends less on experience and more on attributes. Drawing from his work developing operating executives and PE-backed leaders, Dan unpacks the three qualities that predict sustained success—EQ (emotional intelligence), AQ (adversity quotient), and GM (growth mindset)—and how firms can operationalize them a...
